Bio of RAHN, Andrew A. D. (b.1877), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest;
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev.
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical);
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol II, pg 366
ANDREW A. D. RAHN
Andrew A. D. Rahn, vice president in charge of the traffic department of the
Shevlin, Carpenter & Clarke Company of Minneapolis, was born in Valparaiso,
Indiana, October 8, 1877. When but three years of age he was brought to
Minne­apolis by his parents, Carl and Elizabeth (Snelling) Rahn, the former here
passing away in 1897, while the latter's demise occurred in 1913. In the
acquirement of an education he attended the Garfield and Adams schools and after
putting aside his textbooks he spent several years in the employ of the Hardwood
Manufacturing Company. In 1904 he opened an establishment at Princeton,
Minnesota, where he remained for a year. At the expiration of that time he
became connected with the Shevlin, Carpenter & Clarke Company, of which he is
now vice president in charge of the traffic department. He is the president of
the Midland Implement Company of Billings, Montana, and is also interested in
farming.
On the 27th of October, 1897, Mr. Rahn was united in marriage to Miss Anna
Sophia Anderson of Minneapolis and they have become the parents of three
children: Carl Anderson, who is twenty-five years of age, is married and acts as
manager of the Midland Implement Company at Billings, Montana; Robert Loren, a
youth of eighteen; and Andrew A. D., Jr., who is fourteen years of age.
In Masonry Mr. Rahn has attained high rank as a member of the York and Scottish
Rite bodies and also of the Mystic Shrine. In January, 1922, he was elected
potentate of Zuhrah Temple and in 1923 was reelected. He numbered Theodore
Roosevelt among his personal friends and is a stanch supporter of re­publican
principles, serving in 1903 and 1904 as secretary of the republican county
central committee. In 1905, assisted by the Minneapolis Commercial Club through
its committee on public affairs, he took the census of the city.